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Hamish Suburra IberoDocs Johnny Guitar Arabian Nights Heart of a Dog Knight of Cups Andrei Tarkovsky Photography on Film We Are Edinburgh Love & Friendship Architecture on Screen Florence Foster Jenkins Edinburgh Asian Film Festival Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
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Aligarh 37 All of Me 25 Among the Believers 37 Andrei Rublev 35 Arabian Nights 10 Arabian Nights Volume 1: The Restless One 10 Arabian Nights Volume 2: The Desolate One 10 Arabian Nights Volume 3: The Enchanted One 10 BAFTA Shorts 2016 12 The Belly of an Architect 29 Big Hero 6 20 Blade Runner: The Final Cut 28 Blow-Up 32 Born into Brothels 32 Colours of the Alphabet 9 The Creator of the Jungle 26 The Daughter 9 The Day Shall Dawn 21 Degree Shows 30-31 Democracy 11 Discover Arts 23 Don’t Include Me Among You 25 Don’t Look Back 8 Double Bills: Badlands + Days of Heaven 15 Double Bills: Dazed and Confused + Every... 15 Eames: The Architect and the Painter 29 Edinburgh Asian Film Festival 36-37 Edinburgh International Biomedical Ethics... 14 Edinburgh’s Architectural History + Short 30 Education and Learning 38 Eisenstein in Guanajuato 14 Everlasting Moments 32 Everybody Wants Some!! 12 Exhibition 30 Eye in the Sky 9 Filmhouse Cafe Bar 38 Filmhouse Explorer 4 Filmhouse Junior 20-21 Filmhouse Membership 40 Filmhouse Quiz 38 Finding Vivian Maier 32 Florence Foster Jenkins 5 Folk Film Gathering 22-23 The Fountainhead 30 Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García... 25 The Giver 14 The Gold Diggers 8 Great British Animation 6 Growing Pains 7 The Grump 13 Hamish 12 Harvest 3000 Years 23 Heart of a Dog 16 Helvetica 28 Hugo 21
I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced 36 IberoDocs 24-26 The Iron Giant 20 Ivan’s Childhood 34 Johnny Guitar 13 Knight of Cups 5 Kung Fu Panda 3 20 La famille Bélier 12 Learning to Drive 16 Light and Shadow: Architecture on... 28-30 The Lion Hunters 22 Love & Friendship 13 Manto 37 Manufactured Landscapes 28 Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures 11 + 33 McCullin 31 The Measure of a Man 13 Metropolis 29 Miles Ahead 16 Mirror 34 A Monster in Paris 20 Moor 37 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 28 Mustang 6 No Cow on the Ice 25 Nostalgia 35 On Football 26 Padre Padrone 22 Pelo Malo 7 Pepe Mujica - Lessons from the Flowerbed 26 Photography on Film 31-33 Rio Corgo 25 The Sacrifice 36 The Salt of the Earth 33 Short Docs: Looking from Afar 26 Signed Up 12 Solaris 34 Son of Saul 5 Song of the Sea 22 Songs My Brother Taught Me 23 Stalker 35 Suburra 16 Sunday Bloody Sunday 8 Sunday Double Bills 15 Tarkovsky 34-36 Teatro Alla Scala: The Temple of Wonders 23 Tempus de Baristas 23 Three Colours: Red 6 Tomboy 7 Unfinished Spaces 29 Venus Peter 23 Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach 11 We Are Edinburgh 7 Zootropolis 21
AUDIODESCRIPTIONANDCAPTIONS
In all three screens we have a system which enables us, whenever the necessary digital files are available, to show onscreen captions for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and provide audio description (via infra-red headsets) for those who are sight-impaired. This issue, all screenings of Florence Foster Jenkins, Eye in the Sky, Everybody Wants Some!! and Love & Friendship have AD, and the following screenings will have onscreen captions: Wed 18 May at 6.05pm Florence Foster Jenkins Mon 30 May at 8.15pm Eye in the Sky Sun 5 Jun at 2.00pm
La famille Bélier
Tue 7 Jun at 6.00pm
Everybody Wants Some!!
Mon 13 Jun at 8.30pm Love & Friendship FORCRYINGOUTLOUD Screenings for carers and their babies! Tickets £4.50/£3.50 concessions per adult. Screenings are strictly limited to babies under 12 months accompanied by no more than two adults. Babychanging, bottle-warming and buggy parking facilities are available. Mon 9 May at 11am Florence Foster Jenkins Mon 16 May at 11am Florence Foster Jenkins Mon 23 May at 11am Ivan’s Childhood Mon 30 May at 11am Finding Vivian Maier Mon 6 Jun at 11am Versus: ...Ken Loach Mon 27 Jun at 11am Love & Friendship
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Introduction
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
MUSTANG
JOHNNY GUITAR
TARKOVSKY
A festival of film, before the Film Festival… Welcome to the early summer May/June bumper double issue of the Filmhouse programme. We go ‘double’ and cover two months at this time of year as our local International Film Festival takes up our screens for much of the second half of June, and so it seems like the perfect opportunity to, well, save a bit of cash if I’m honest. I hope the lovely front cover doesn’t fade too much what with all that time it will have to spend, pride of place, on your coffee table... Whilst I can’t tell you it’s twice as good as the usual programme (“How could anything be twice as good as last month’s incredible selection?!” I hear you cry), I can tell you there’s very near to twice as much in it, and, at Filmhouse, quantity is never at the expense of quality. Just when you thought you’d spent an eternity waiting for a film telling the story of a mid 20th century opera-obsessed heiress and socialite who loved singing but couldn’t sing a note – a fact that escaped no-one’s notice but hers – two of them come along at once! Let me explain. Back in March, we showed a French film, called Marguerite, which was (loosely) based on the life of one Florence Foster Jenkins, whose name lends itself to the title of the second film about her in almost as many months. Off-key she may have been, but not so Meryl Streep’s note-perfect performance. She’s a joy to watch, as is Hugh Grant, who plays her indulgentto-a-fault partner, a failed Shakespearean thesp called St. Clair Bayfield, and Big Bang Theory’s Howard Wolowitz, Simon Helberg, completes the main cast as FFJ’s reluctant accompanist, Cosmé McMoon. (Helberg’s real-life ivory-tinkling prowess – as witnessed by yours truly at an EIFF party some years back – cannot have hurt his chances of landing the role, that’s for sure!) And pushing the tuneful/tuneless juxtaposition further than perhaps I ought, Stephen Frears direction is pitchperfect too, turning what might have been an uncomfortable ‘laugh at’, into a genuinely warm and affecting tale. Mustang was one of the most talked about titles post-Cannes Film Festival last year, gathering a clutch of awards since - and it’s easy to see why. It tells the story of a group of five, lively, orphaned sisters – in various stages of pre-to-late adolescence – in a village in Turkey, as they struggle against the increasingly extreme strictures placed upon them by their über-conservative guardians – in particular their barbaric uncle. If that all sounds too bleak, well, it isn’t. Trust me. Love & Friendship is Whit Stillman’s hugely entertaining film of the little known and posthumously (some 50+ years) published Jane Austen novella, ‘Lady Susan’. It sees Kate Beckinsale in the [epistolary novella’s title] role of a recently widowed socialite/Machiavellian schemer on the prowl around London society for a husband for her daughter, and maybe for herself too, albeit decidedly on her own terms. Great fun! And pay attention, it rattles along at a fair old pace! We’re delighted to bring you, fully restored, what Martin Scorsese referred to as Nicholas Ray’s “intense, unconventional, stylized picture, full of ambiguities and subtexts”, western one-of-a-kind, Johnny Guitar. We’re also delighted to bring you, all in brand new digital ‘prints’, an entire feature film retrospective of the ultimate directors’ director, Andrei Tarkovsky – Andrei Rublev, Stalker, Solaris et al! Now if that isn’t the perfect ‘arthouse’ cinema ‘palate cleanser’ prior to the 70th – yes the 70th – edition of our proper all-grown-up International Film Festival (15-26 June) then I simply don’t know what is! Rod White, Head of Filmhouse
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Filmhouse Explorer
KNIGHT OF CUPS
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
SUBURRA
Filmhouse Explorer We’re really keen to encourage your deeper engagement with the great cinema we screen. We know going to the cinema a lot can be quite expensive, so we’ve devised a ticket deal to make it cheaper to see films beyond the big new releases. Here’s how it works: buy a ticket for a film in the left hand column below, and you will receive a voucher that will entitle you, on handing it in at the Box Office, to 50% off a full price ticket to any film (or any film in any season) listed in the right hand column. We’ve marked the films and seasons involved with wee logos to make them easier to spot (orange for left hand column films and blue for right), and you can also find them on our website at www.filmhousecinema.com/tickets/filmhouse-explorer Happy Exploring!
BUY A TICKET FOR... Florence Foster Jenkins (page 5) Knight of Cups (page 5) Mustang (page 6) Everybody Wants Some!! (page 12) Love & Friendship (page 13)
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Main Features
SON OF SAUL
NEWRELEASE
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
NEWRELEASE
KNIGHT OF CUPS
NEWRELEASE
Son of Saul Saul fia Showing from Fri 29 Apr
Florence Foster Jenkins
Knight of Cups
Showing from Fri 6 May
Fri 6 May to Thu 19 May
László Nemes • Hungary/USA/France/Israel/Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 • 1h47m • Digital • Hungarian, Yiddish, German, Russian, Polish, French, Greek and Slovak with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong threat Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Jerzy Walczak.
Stephen Frears • UK 2016 • 1h50m • Digital PG - Contains mild bad language, mild sex references Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Rebecca Ferguson.
Terrence Malick • USA 2015 • 1h58m • Digital • English, German and Serbian with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong language, sex references, nudity. Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto.
Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars®and the Grand Prix at Cannes, László Nemes’ brilliant debut feature is propelled by the same harrowing intensity as its central character - a Sonderkommando at AuschwitzBirkenau who is forced to assist in the grisly day-to-day management of the exterminations. When Saul recognises a boy who miraculously, but only fleetingly, survives the gas chamber, he decides to give him a proper burial. However, his search for a Rabbi to recite the mourner’s Kaddish places both his own life and the escape plan hatched by his fellow inmates in jeopardy.
Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant star in the cinematic retelling of the life of the eponymous New York heiress who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great opera singer. The voice Florence (Streep) heard in her head was divine, but to the rest of the world it was hilariously awful. At private recitals, her devoted husband and manager St Clair Bayfield (Grant) managed to protect Florence from the truth, but when she decides to give a concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, St Clair realises he may have bitten off more than he can chew...
Matinee Special! If you’re a Senior Citizen you can go to a matinee screening and get either soup of the day OR a cup of tea or filter coffee and a traycake for only £8! Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive and only applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Ask for the Matinee Special deal at the box office and you’ll receive a voucher which can be exchanged in the café bar between 1.30pm and 5.30pm that day only. Offer is subject to availability and only available in person.
In Terrence Malick’s seventh film, a gliding camera once again accompanies a tormented hero on his search for meaning. Channelling aspects of myths and stories from an array of cultures, this latest intriguing, expressive film sees a screenwriter (Christian Bale) embark on an odyssey through the playgrounds of Los Angeles and Las Vegas - searching for love and a better understanding of the events in his life. In eight thematically distinct chapters (named after Tarot cards), we are taken on a journey through his relationships with those in his life. Cinematography from three-time (consecutive) Academy Award® winner Emmanuel Lubezki ensures that this, once again, is a treat for the eyes as well as the mind.
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Great British Animation/Three Colours: Red/Main Features
GREAT BRITISH ANIMATION - 25 YEARS OF THE MCLAREN AWARD...
SPECIALEVENT
THREE COLOURS: RED
SPECIALEVENT
MUSTANG
NEWRELEASE
Great British Animation
Three Colours: Red
Mustang
Mon 9 May at 8.45pm
Trois couleurs: Rouge Thu 12 May at 1.00pm & 6.05pm
Showing from Fri 13 May
1h11m • 15
A retrospective of short animation from 25 Years of Edinburgh International Film Festival’s McLaren Award for British Animation, introduced by Iain Gardner, EIFF Animation Programmer. The Grand National Sue Loughlin • UK 1990 • 9m Ah Pook is Here Philip Hunt • UK 1995 • 6m Dog Suzie Templeton • UK 2001 • 5m Dad’s Dead Chris Shepherd • UK 2003 • 6m Eat Dog Cat Mouse Kwok Fung Lam • UK 2005 • 3m The Conservatory Matilda Tristram • UK 2009 • 2m Moxie Stephen Irwin • UK 2011 • 5m Everything I Can See From Here Bjørn-Erik Aschim, Sam Taylor • UK 2013 • 6m
Marilyn Myller Mikey Please • UK 2013 • 6m Fruit Fruit Peter Millard • UK 2014 • 2m The Bigger Picture Daisy Jacobs • UK 2014 • 9m Stems Ainslie Henderson • UK 2015 • 2m
Krzysztof Kieslowski • France/Switzerland/Poland 1994 • 1h39m Digital • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, JeanPierre Lorit, Samuel Le Bihan, Marion Stalens.
A tale of parallel lives which, in Kieslowski’s uniquely poignant yet oblique fashion, draws together the threads and themes of the entire Three Colours trilogy. Swiss model Valentine (Irène Jacob) discovers that a nearby retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) has been using his radio equipment to eavesdrop on his neighbours’ phone conversations. Confronting him, he urges Valentine to follow her conscience in deciding whether to denounce him or not. Meanwhile, law student Auguste (Jean-Pierre Lorit) is unaware that his girlfriend, Karin (Frédérique Feder), has been unfaithful to him. The paths of the judge, the student, his girlfriend and Valentine - all of whom live in the same street - begin to cross and re-cross in a web of coincidence. Superbly acted, photographed and scored, this most complex film of the trilogy echoes the distinctive grace notes which span Kieslowski’s entire career.
Deniz Gamze Ergüven • France/Germany/Turkey/Qatar 2015 1h37m • Digital • Turkish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains infrequent strong sex references Cast: Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan.
Five young sisters in a remote village in Turkey walk home from school, stopping to play by the shore with some of their classmates - boys. The perceived immorality of this wholly innocent act will have harsh and excessive consequences, with the family home progressively transformed into a prison and school replaced by a ‘marriage preparation’ routine of cooking, cleaning and sewing lessons from their female relatives. Lale (Günes Sensoy), the youngest, is our protagonist in this rousing, thoughtful and poignant tale of growing, sisterhood and pursuing freedom, which won the Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2016.
Growing Pains/We Are Edinburgh
TOMBOY
Growing Pains A Season of Films Programmed by Jessie Moroney Filmhouse’s monthly screening strand showing classic and contemporary films dealing with some of the more complex aspects of childhood. All films will be introduced by Jessie Moroney, a member of the programming team who recently attended the Practical Programming course run by the Independent Cinema Office, which assists participants in developing a fresh programme for their home venues How does a child assert their own identity in a world ultimately control by adults? For the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we are screening Tomboy, along with the Edinburgh Premiere of Siri Rødnes’ short film, Take Your Partners. June’s screening is the tale of a young boy trying to strike the delicate balance between earning his mother’s approval and embracing his own identity - Pelo Malo.
PELO MALO
WE ARE EDINBURGH
Tomboy Tue 17 May at 6.15pm Céline Sciamma • France 2011 • 1h22m • Digital • French with English subtitles • U - Contains mild violence and occasional natural nudity Cast: Zoë Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson.
The title of Celine Sciamma’s film gives much away. The ten-year-old person with short hair that we are introduced to in the opening shots of Tomboy is known as Laure to her family, a daughter who can dress as she wants, and have a blue-painted bedroom in their new home. However, unbeknownst to her parents, Laure presents to the neighbourhood children as a boy named Mikäel. In the background of childhood play and love, the film navigates the difficulties of questioning gender and sexuality at a young age. PLUS SHORT Take Your Partners
Siri Rødnes • UK 2015 • 11m • Digital
We hope to host a post-screening Q&A with a guest from Take Your Partners.
Pelo Malo
Bad Hair Tue 14 Jun at 6.30pm
Mariana Rondón • Venezuela/Peru/Argentina/Germany 2013 1h33m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong sex, strong language Cast: Samuel Lange Zambrano, Samantha Castillo, Beto Benites.
How does a child come to terms with who they are, while still trying to please those around them? At the centre of Mariana Rondón’s film is Junior, a nine-year-old boy who wants to get his curly hair straightened in order to look sleek and fabulous for his school photo. Why is his mother so against that? Exploring Junior’s desire to please his intolerant, often distant mother while also expressing his true self, Pelo Malo shows us how the awakening of a nonconformist identity can impact one’s life completely.
SPECIALEVENT
We Are Edinburgh Fri 20 May at 8.00pm 1h10m • Digital • 15
Filmhouse presents a special new commission inspired by Mark Cousins’ recent cinematic love letter I Am Belfast. “Edinburgh’s favourite avant-garde noisemakers” (The Skinny) Neu! Reekie! have teamed up with live cinema maven A Kind of Seeing to bring their highly acclaimed multimedia format to Filmhouse. We Are Edinburgh is a 3 Act City Symphony featuring archive footage of Auld Reekie never seen on the big screen before, live poetry and spoken word, set to original musical scores. This unique event features live performances by Don Paterson (poet, musician, T.S. Eliot Prize Winner), Jenni Fagan (author, poet, Granta Young British Novelist), and local electronic dance pioneers Finitribe. Conceptualised & composed by Kevin Williamson, Michael Pedersen & Shona Thomson. Made possible by Film Hub NI with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery. £15
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Over the Rainbow/Don’t Look Back/The Gold Diggers
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
OVERTHERAINBOW
DON’T LOOK BACK
BOBDYLAN’SBIRTHDAY
It’s here! It’s queer! Over the Rainbow is Filmhouse’s monthly screening strand for new and classic queer cinema and events.
Join us as we celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday with a screening of a classic documentary from D. A. Pennebaker...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Don’t Look Back
Sat 21 May at 3.30pm & Sun 22 May at 6.00pm
Tue 24 May at 8.45pm
John Schlesinger • UK 1971 • 1h50m • Digital • English, Italian, Hebrew and French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft.
D A Pennebaker • USA 1967 • 1h36m • 35mm • 15 Documentary
Based on Penelope Gilliatt’s original screenplay, John Schlesinger’s film and the words “ahead of its time” are often spoken in the same breath. The London love triangle of a doctor in his forties, a divorced woman in her thirties and the young man they both love separately was certainly bold for its era, and remains a poignant drama now. Their arrangement enters its rueful final days when Bob (Murray Head) reveals his intention to leave for New York to sell his sculpture works. These last moments of intimacy between the two couplings reveal the complications of their circumstances and also within themselves. Céline Sciamma’s film Tomboy screens as part of Growing Pains on Tue 17 May - which marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (see page 7). Other films with strong LGBTQIA themes this month include Pelo Malo (page 7), Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (page 11) and Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein in Guanajuato (page 14).
In 1965, DA Pennebaker documented Bob Dylan’s British tour; the result is one of the most acclaimed music films of all time. Shot with a handheld camera in black-andwhite, the film follows Dylan from limo to hotel room as he relaxes with friends, antagonises the press and deals with managers. Introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone (Short Courses, University of Edinburgh)
THE GOLD DIGGERS
SPECIALEVENT
The Gold Diggers Wed 25 May at 8.30pm Sally Potter • UK 1983 • 1h25m • 35mm • U Cast: Julie Christie, Colette Laffont, George Antoni.
The Gold Diggers is the first feature film from English film/ theatre director, screenwriter, actor and musician Sally Potter, with an all-female crew and score by avant-garde musician/composer Lindsay Cooper. Feminist, political but without a pedagogical goal, this experimental narrative film and its language have many affinities with the ‘avantgarde’ of prog rock. With a title alluding to Busby Berkeley musical comedies from the 1930s and the well-worn expression used to describe actresses and dancers pursuing relationships with wealthy men in the 19th/20th Century, the film is about two women (Julie Christie and Colette Laffont)trying to make their lives in a world made and directed by men. The screening will be introduced by composer/ sociologist François Ribac, senior lecturer at the University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Dijon, France). It is part of The 2nd International Conference of the Project Network for the Study of Progressive Rock, organised by the University of Edinburgh.
Main Features/Colours of the Alphabet
EYE IN THE SKY
MAYBEYOUMISSED
COLOURS OF THE ALPHABET
SPECIALEVENT
THE DAUGHTER
NEWRELEASE
Eye in the Sky
Colours of the Alphabet
The Daughter
Fri 27 to Tue 31 May
Fri 27 May at 6.15pm & Wed 1 Jun at 3.00pm
Showing from Fri 27 May
Gavin Hood • UK 2015 • 1h42m • Digital • 15 - Contains infrequent bloody moments, infrequent strong language Cast: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul.
Alastair Cole • New Zealand/UK/Zambia 2016 • 1h20m • Digital English, Nyanja and Bemba with English subtitles • cert tbc Documentary
A fascinating look at the realities of modern warfare, Gavin Hood’s tense thriller Eye in the Sky takes us through one very long and very stressful day in the lives of those tasked with making life or death decisions. The goal of Operation Cobra is the capture of a radicalised British citizen who has joined the Somali terrorist group Al Shabab. “Capture” becomes “kill” when they learn that Al Shabab is planning suicide attacks - but reports in London suggest that a young civilian girl has entered the kill zone...
Colours of the Alphabet tells the story of three Zambian children and their families over two school terms, and asks the question: does the future have to be in English? A lyrical, inspiring and beautifully-filmed documentary which spends 9 months in a Zambian village grade one class as the children, and their parents, come to terms with the often bemusing reality of education in their country. A country where there are 72 ethnic languages spoken, however, you are told that to get ahead means understanding the world in the country’s only official language - English. Despite less than 2% of Zambians using the language in their daily lives.
Simon Stone • Australia 2015 • 1h36m • Digital • 15 - Strong language, sex Cast: Paul Schneider, Geoffrey Rush, Anna Torv, Miranda Otto, Sam Neill, Odessa Young.
The 27 May screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Alastair Cole. Co-hosted with Africa in Motion Film Festival. On Wednesday 1 June, there will be a special screening co-hosted with the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities, in collaboration with the University of the West of Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University, and the University of Edinburgh. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and scholars, looking at the research project surrounding the film and lens-based research in academia.
In this smouldering, low-key adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s ‘The Wild Duck’, renowned theatre director Simon Stone makes his feature film debut. Christian (Paul Schneider) returns home to Australia to be best man for the wedding of his father (Geoffrey Rush), a wealthy mill owner in their struggling logging town. Reconnecting with his childhood friend Oliver (Ewen Leslie), Christian’s return begins to stir up long-suppressed memories, as a family secret begins to reveal itself...
THEFIRSTWORLDWARINCINEMA
Lawrence of Arabia David Lean • UK/USA 1962 • 3h48m • Digital • PG Cast: Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle.
To commemorate the first battle of the Arab Revolt in 1916, as famously depicted in David Lean’s classic Lawrence of Arabia. We greatly look forward to Edinburgh International Film Festival’s special screening of the film from a beautiful 70mm print. Date and time will be confirmed when the EIFF programme launches on Wednesday 25 May. edfilmfest.org.uk
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Arabian Nights
ARABIAN NIGHTS VOLUME 1: THE RESTLESS ONE
Arabian Nights Thrillingly inventive, wildly ambitious, and as urgent as it is playful, Miguel Gomes’ three-part epic Arabian Nights (patterned on the structure of Scheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights) is a fascinating and entertaining modern-day folk tale that channels the director’s outrage at his native Portugal’s enduring economic crisis and imposed austerity measures.
NEWRELEASE
Arabian Nights Volume 1: The Restless One As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto Fri 27 & Sat 28 May Miguel Gomes • Portugal/France/Germany/Switzerland 2015 • 2h5m • Digital • Portuguese, English, French, German and Mandarin with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong language, sex references Cast: Crista Alfaiate, Miguel Gomes, Rogério Samora.
Volume 1: The Restless One, which focuses on the government’s flawed economy recovery plans and the plight of the working class, is a collection of tall tales that include appearances by cunning wasps, island-dwelling virgins, technocrats with erection-inducing potions, a talking cockerel who runs for municipal election, and exploding whales.
ARABIAN NIGHTS VOLUME 2: THE DESOLATE ONE
NEWRELEASE
ARABIAN NIGHTS VOLUME 3: THE ENCHANTED ONE
NEWRELEASE
Arabian Nights Volume 2: The Desolate One
Arabian Nights Volume 3: The Enchanted One
As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado Wed 1 & Thu 2 Jun
As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado Fri 10 & Sat 11 Jun
Miguel Gomes • Portugal/France/Germany/Switzerland 2015 2h11m • Digital • Portuguese, English, French, German and Mandarin with English subtitles • cert tbc Cast: Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz, Pedro Caldas.
Miguel Gomes • Portugal/France/Germany/Switzerland 2015 2h5m • Digital • Portuguese, English, French, German and Mandarin with English subtitles • cert tbc Cast: Crista Alfaiate, Américo Silva, Amara Bounachada, Lionel Franc, Carloto Cotta.
The second part of Gomes’ trio has the decidedly more heart-rending theme of desolation, nicely offset once again by more peculiar stories and characters. These include Simão the mass murderer on the run, a distressed judge presiding over a series of absurd cases, and Dixie the Maltese poodle, who is shuttled between dour owners living in a brutalist concrete nightmare. Housed within these wistful stories are some grim truths about economic paranoia and a society that has lost its impetus.
Our narrator Scheherazade (Crista Alfaiate) emerges in physical form in this third and final Volume - a lush costume spectacle which once again doesn’t hesitate to bring together incongruous settings and characters. With Marseille masquerading as Baghdad, the Grand Vizier meets his raconteur daughter, filled with new energy as she launches into her final tale. This last section draws the most from Gomes’ literary inspiration of the Arabian Nights and turns its gaze to storytelling and how stories shape our lives.
TICKETDEALS Buy a ticket for all three Volumes of Arabian Nights and get 15% off. These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets. Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
Main Features/Democracy
MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES
NEWRELEASE
DEMOCRACY
SPECIALEVENT
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Democracy
Mon 30 May to Thu 2 Jun
Wed 1 Jun at 5.45pm
Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey • USA/Germany 2016 • 1h48m Digital • 18 - Contains strong sexualised images, sex references, nudity • Documentary featuring Debbie Harry, Fran Lebowitz, Brooke Shields.
David Bernet • Germany/France/Belgium/Italy 2015 • 1h40m Digital • German, English, French, Polish and Japanese with English subtitles • cert tbc • Documentary
A layered examination of the often-controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from the directorial duo behind Inside Deep Throat and Party Monster. Mapplethorpe tackles the late artist’s notoriety head-on, stopping to appreciate his body of work along the way, and doesn’t shy away from his insatiable ambition and personal relationships - two things that regularly intertwined throughout his life. While telling his story with an engaging blend of interviews and archive footage, the documentary presents his work, uncensored, and invites us to Look at the Pictures. Our Photography on Film season (pages 31-33) is curated in partnership with Stills Centre for Photography and the 31 May screening of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures at 8.40pm will be introduced by Stills Director Ben Harman. On Tue 7 June, Stills will host a debate on the subject of Mapplethorpe’s photography - see page 31 for details.
As we approach a critical referendum on UK membership of the EU, Democracy takes us behind the scenes of the European Parliament as a little-noticed piece of legislation transforms into a crucial battleground. Jan Albrecht, a young and seemingly naïve Green MEP, takes charge of the Data Protection Bill; soon cornered by lobbyists with scant concern for citizen freedom, he proves a quietly tenacious opponent. Shot over two years, Democracy elevates its premise into a subtle, strange and powerful exploration of the legislative process. Followed in the cinema by short audience-led reflections on the challenges posed by the EU Referendum, with guests including Robin McAlpine (Common Weal).
VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH
NEWRELEASE
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach Fri 3 to Tue 7 Jun Louise Osmond • UK 2016 • 1h30m • Digital • cert tbc Documentary
Versus presents a surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, Ken Loach, ahead of his 80th birthday and the release of his final major film I, Daniel Blake later this year. Director Louise Osmond was granted exclusive access on set and uses this as a starting point to examine Loach’s career, from his early work as a farcical theatre director to his TV dramas and later as an awardwinning feature director. The 3.30pm screening on Sunday 5 June will be a ‘Pay What You Like’ screening. Audience members are invited to donate whatever amount they wish to in exchange for their ticket. Tickets are only available to book in person at Box Office and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Main Features/Signed Up/BAFTA Shorts 2016
HAMISH
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
NEWRELEASE
Hamish Fri 3 to Wed 8 Jun Robbie Fraser • UK 2016 • 1h15m • Digital • English and Gaelic with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary
Hamish Henderson was a colossal figure in Scottish culture, a man of boundless passion and curiosity whose poems continue to elevate and inspire a nation. Robbie Fraser’s highly-acclaimed feature length documentary supported by MG ALBA and Creative Scotland - describes the many contrary forces and diverse facets of Henderson’s life as a poet, soldier, intellectual, activist, songwriter and leading force in the revival of Scottish folk music. To celebrate the release of Hamish, the screening on 3 June at 8.30pm will be introduced by director Robbie Fraser, who will also take part in a post-screening Q&A. MAYBEYOUMISSED
Everybody Wants Some!! Fri 3 to Thu 9 Jun Richard Linklater • USA 2016 • 1h57m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language, sex references, drug use Cast: Blake Jenner, Juston Street, Ryan Guzman, Zoey Deutch.
A promising pitcher, mild-mannered Jake (Blake Jenner) is welcomed (in a manner of speaking) to the baseball team at Texas Southern University as they embark on a firstweek-of-term crusade of parties, juvenile hijinks and the relentless pursuit of attention from women. While this college comedy is centred very specifically on the male experience and the energetic posturing of young college athletes, their charismatic bravado is a mask that slips... See page 15 for a Richard Linklater Double Bill.
BAFTA SHORTS 2016
LA FAMILLE BÉLIER
Signed Up
SPECIALEVENT
Join us for the second instalment of our Signed Up season, curated in partnership with Heriot-Watt University’s sign language experts and open to all.
BAFTA Shorts 2016
La famille Bélier
A feature-length selection of short live-action and animated films from the EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2016. Edmond Nina Gantz • UK 2015 • 10m Samuel-613 Billy Lumby • UK 2015 • 15m Operator Caroline Bartleet • UK 2015 • 6m Prologue Richard Williams • UK 2015 • 6m Mining Poems or Odes Callum Rice • UK 2015 • 11m MANOMAN Simon Cartwright • UK 2015 • 11m Over Jörn Threlfall • UK 2015 • 14m
Sun 5 Jun at 2.00pm Eric Lartigau • France/Belgium 2014 • 1h46m • Digital • French, French Sign Language and Spanish with English subtitles • 12A Contains moderate sex references, infrequent strong language Cast: Karin Viard, François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino, Louane Emera, Roxane Duran.
In the Bélier family, sixteen-year-old Paula is considered indispensable as the interpreter for her Deaf parents and brother. When her gift for singing is discovered, Paula is encouraged to participate in a prestigious singing contest in Paris - a decision that would mean leaving her family. Will you see it, as two different reviewers in the Guardian did, as “a feelgood movie to rival the Oscar®nominated Amélie” or as “yet another insult to the deaf community”? In a post-screening panel session with Deaf and hearing guests, we invite signers and non-signers alike to explore the issues raised by the film, including children’s responsibilities when their parents are considered disadvantaged, the casting of hearing actors as Deaf characters, and just what’s permissible in the pursuit of a good story.
Tue 7 Jun at 6.15pm 1h13m • 15
Main Features
THE GRUMP
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
NEWRELEASE
The Grump
Mielensäpahoittaja Wed 8 & Thu 9 Jun
Dome Karukoski • Finland/Iceland 2014 • 1h42m • Digital Finnish with English subtitles • 12A - Contains infrequent strong language Cast: Antti Litja, Petra Frey, Mari Perankoski, Iikka Forss.
A deadpan comedy that goes beyond the usual generation-gap formula. Our curmudgeonly protagonist (Antti Litja) is a man from the past. Virtually everything that’s occurred since 1953 has managed to ruin his day. Living a secluded life in rural Finland, things change when he has a fall, injuring his ankle. Forced to travel into the city for treatment, he is set on a collision course with an array of things he dislikes - namely taxis, modern appliances, women driving and spending time with his family. His career-driven daughter doesn’t have the time and his apathetic son doesn’t have the motivation - can The Grump find some common ground?
THE MEASURE OF A MAN
NEWRELEASES
JOHNNY GUITAR
RESTOREDCLASSIC
Love & Friendship
Johnny Guitar
Fri 10 to Wed 15 Jun Mon 27 Jun to Thu 30 Jun (post-EIFF)
Fri 10 to Mon 13 Jun
Whit Stillman • Ireland/Netherlands/France/USA 2016 • 1h32m Digital • U - Contains no material likely to offend or harm Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel.
Kate Beckinsale inhabits the irresistibly devious lead role in this well-told adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella, ‘Lady Susan’. A much-admired widow, Lady Susan Vernon arrives at the lavish estate of her in-laws to wait out the rumours circulating about her in polite society. During her stay she resolves to find herself a new husband, and upon the unexpected arrival of her debutante daughter (Morfydd Clark), she finds herself rather threatened by the competition...
The Measure of a Man La loi du marché Fri 10 to Wed 15 Jun Stéphane Brizé • France 2015 • 1h33m • Digital • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Francoise Anselmi.
Vincent Lindon gives one of his finest performances as unemployed security guard Thierry, who must submit to a series of quietly humiliating ordeals in his search for work. Nothing if not determinist, Stéphane Brizé’s film dispassionately monitors the progress of its stoic protagonist until at last he lands a job on the front line in the surveillance and control of his fellow man - and finally faces one too many moral dilemmas. A powerful and deeply troubling vision of the realities of our new economic order.
Nicholas Ray • USA 1954 • 1h50m • Digital • PG Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady.
Bursting from the screen in delightfully garish Trucolor tones, Johnny Guitar may be named after Sterling Hayden’s character but the real protagonist is quite clearly Joan Crawford’s fierce saloon-owner, Vienna. Nicholas Ray’s subversive 1954 Western returns to cinemas here in a new vivid digital restoration. When plans emerge for a new railroad through the area, restless and uneasy locals - led by the jealous Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge) - resolve to disrupt this and get rid of Vienna once and for all. Refusing to yield and aided by Hayden’s title character, Vienna faces down the mob, who fear the change and new faces that a railroad would bring. Open to all manner of valid interpretations and readings and produced during the McCarthy era - it is a cinematic oddity in the best possible sense.
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Main Features/The Giver
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
MAYBEYOUMISSED
Eisenstein in Guanajuato Fri 10 to Sun 12 Jun Peter Greenaway • Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium 2015 1h45m • Digital • English and Spanish with English subtitles 18 - Contains strong sex, nudity Cast: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Rasmus Slatis, Jakob Öhrman, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante.
A thoroughly irreverent dramatisation of the ten days in October 1931 which director Sergei Eisenstein spent in Mexico with Jorge Palomino Cañedo during the making of the tragically unfinished ¡Que viva México! As with so much of Peter Greenaway’s best work, the film’s excitement comes from its sheer informational overload, in being bombarded by so many noteworthy figures and historical titbits that the film flies by in a dramatic deluge. And yet, this is also just marvellous window-dressing around a central, slowly-developing love story between Eisenstein and Palomino Cañedo: a forthright homosexual drama which has already stirred controversy in Russia with its ebullient queering of the country’s cinematic forefather.
THE GIVER
THE GIVER
Edinburgh International Biomedical Ethics Film Festival
The Giver
What kind of society would exist if persons with disabilities are ‘released’ (given death by lethal injection) and suffering no longer existed. Would it be a utopian or dystopian society? What are the ethical consequences of such a eugenic society? These are some of the questions which will be considered at the screening of the film ‘The Giver’ which is based on the best selling novel of the same name. The film will be shown as a fringe event of the 13th World Congress of the International Association of Bioethics in order to present the annual Edinburgh International Biomedical Ethics Film Festival.
In a colourless, egalitarian society, all citizens self-medicate to remain happy and follow the rules passed down by the Elders. They exist without memories of what happened before this, and only a chosen few have access to the history, thoughts, feelings and ideas that once shaped the world. Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a teenager, is on the verge of graduating into adulthood, and is assigned to be the Receiver of the Memories - for which he will be trained by The Giver (Jeff Bridges). Suddenly exposed to emotions Jonas begins to question the society and the motives of the Chief Elder (Meryl Streep) who oversees it.
Wed 15 Jun at 8.30pm Phillip Noyce • USA/South Africa/Canada 2014 • 1h37m • Digital 12A - Contains moderate violence, threat Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård.
The screening will be followed by a discussion between the audience and a panel of invited experts in bioethics, science, law, medicine and politics.
Sunday Double Bills
BADLANDS
DAYS OF HEAVEN
Sunday Double Bills A regular, though not weekly, double bill, always on a Sunday afternoon. Double Bill tickets cost £12/£10 concs. Films in our Sunday Double Bills will be separated by a 15 minute break.
DAZED AND CONFUSED
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
Double Bill: Badlands + Days of Heaven
Double Bill: Dazed and Confused + Everybody Wants Some!!
Sun 22 May at 2.00pm
Sun 12 Jun at 1.30pm
3h23m • 15
3h55m • 15
To mark the release of Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups (see page 5), we’re screening his two 1970s classics. Badlands is his mesmerising, effortless debut that tells a dark true-crime story. When 25-year-old Kit (Martin Sheen), looking every inch the smalltown James Dean, walks into 15-year-old Holly’s (Sissy Spacek) life, their whirlwind romance quickly sees their lives completely unravel. Within days, Holly’s father (Warren Oates) is dead and they are on the run across South Dakota. The sole narrator in the telling, young Holly’s love for Kit distracts her from his violent nature and the futility of their meandering life. It’s a road movie that, while inspired by real events, would go on to influence many more, and in their aimless journey we realise just how naïve even the most callous of us can be. Malick began his next film with another opportunistic couple travelling through the American country, searching for a life. Days of Heaven is set in 1916, and begins with Bill (Richard Gere) and Abby (Brooke Adams), along with her younger sister (Linda Manz) fleeing Chicago to the Texas Panhandle, where they find work with a wealthy farmer (Sam Shepard). Posing as siblings, the pair conspire to inherit their employer’s money. Dream-like shots of sundrenched wheat fields will live long in the memory, as will the swarm of locusts and ensuing fire. Badlands
Richard Linklater’s return to the wild freedom of youth in Everybody Wants Some!! (see page 12) has drawn happy comparisons to his 1993 high school classic Dazed and Confused - a double bill was a no-brainer, so to speak. Drawing its own comparisons at the time to the likes of American Graffiti, Linklater’s loose and playful Dazed and Confused is set in a small U.S. town in the the 1970s. We dive headlong into the final day of high school - a world of drinking, smoking, hazing, lust and aimless driving. From the end of school to the final, sprawling end-of-year party in the woods, the film coasts easily from character to character, as everyone’s hopes, fears and questions about life after high school are laid bare. Skipping on a decade, Everybody Wants Some!! takes place in the outrageous week of freedom before classes begin at Texas Southern University. Jake (Blake Jenner) arrives as a new student, hoping to impress as a pitcher for the baseball team. Shenanigans ensue as his team-mates revel in these blissfully irresponsible days, with the impending start of term drawing closer all the while. Dazed and Confused
Terrence Malick • USA 1973 • 1h34m • Digital • 15 - Contains shootings
Days of Heaven Terrence Malick • USA 1978 • 1h34m • Digital • PG - Contains mild violence and sex references
Richard Linklater • USA 1993 • 1h43m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language and soft drug use
Everybody Wants Some!! Richard Linklater • USA 2016 • 1h57m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language, sex references, drug use
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Main Features (post-EIFF)
SUBURRA
MILES AHEAD
NEWRELEASES
HEART OF A DOG
MAYBEYOUMISSED
LEARNING TO DRIVE
NEWRELEASES
Suburra
Miles Ahead
Heart of a Dog
Mon 27 to Thu 7 Jul
Mon 27 to Thu 30 Jun
Mon 27 to Thu 30 Jun
Stefano Sollima • Italy/France 2015 • 2h10m • Digital • Italian, Romany and English with English subtitles • cert tbc Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Greta Scarano, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Elio Germano, Claudio Amendola.
Don Cheadle • USA 2015 • 1h40m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language, drug use, sexualised nudity Cast: Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi.
Laurie Anderson • France/USA 2015 • 1h15m • Digital PG - Contains references to child death • Documentary
Further highlighting significant advances made by the television/on-demand industry in recent years in terms of production quality and scale, Suburra (based on the novel) is a stylish, hard-edged crime thriller co-produced by the Italian national public broadcaster Rai. When a notorious gangster known as “Samurai” (Claudio Amendola) wants to turn to the ancient Roman harbour into the new Las Vegas, it sets into motion a deadly game of deception, decadence and collusion between organised crime and politicians. Elevated by an atmospheric score from French electronic duo M83 and an impressive ensemble cast, the film builds steadily to an audacious, operatic finale.
Directed by and starring Don Cheadle, Miles Ahead presents fictionalised sketches of the great Miles Davis drawn from one of his darker periods, a self-imposed retirement in the late 1970s. It’s a remarkable portrait of Davis as an artist seemingly in decline, wracked with pain from a variety of ailments and sweating for the next cheque from his record company, dodging sycophants and industry executives, and haunted by memories of old glories and humiliations. The nonlinear structure eschews the usual biopic formula in favour of a more freeform story that neatly matches the sprawl of Davis’ music, burrowing deep into the psyche of one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
A lyrical and playful film about remembering, forgetting, losing and loving, Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog is a pleasantly ambling experience shaped by the director’s notions, memories and feelings. Largely shot by the filmmaker herself, Anderson’s personal film reflects on an array of topics, ideas and those now missing from her life. These include her friend Gordon Matta-Clark, her husband Lou Reed and her beloved terrier Lolabelle. Accompanied by Anderson’s wry voiceover, we are invited to share in her stories, her regrets and her loves - for family, for friends and for four-legged companions.
Learning to Drive Mon 27 to Thu 30 Jun Isabel Coixet • USA/UK 2014 • 1h30m • Digital • cert tbc Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Sarita Choudhury, Grace Gummer.
Shocked to learn that her husband is leaving after 21 years of marriage, literary critic Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) decides she needs to learn to drive. Enter driving instructor Darwan (Ben Kingsley), and soon the two strike up a friendship that transcends cultural differences. Deftly bypassing obvious clichés, Isabel Coixet’s film is a charming, funny study of middle-aged angst with a terrific performance from Clarkson in particular. Learning to Drive was an official selection at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015.
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Wed 1 Colours of the Alphabet 1 1 Arabian Nights Volume 2... Jun 1 The Daughter 2 Mapplethorpe: Look at the... (P) 2 The Daughter 2 Democracy *Plus films and times TBC (see page 19)
3.00 +Discussion 6.00 8.45 1.00/8.40 3.30 5.45 +Discussion
Sun 1 Hugo (FJ) 11.00am 5 1 Hamish 1.35 Jun 1 Versus: The Life... of Ken Loach 3.30 (PWYW) 1 Versus: The Life... of Ken Loach 6.00 1 Everybody Wants Some!! (AD) 8.15 2 La famille Bélier (SU) (AD) (C) 2.00 +Discussion 3 Everybody Wants Some!! (AD) 3.15 3 Manto (AFF) 5.45 +Intro 3 Aligarh (AFF) 8.25 +Q&A *Plus films and times TBC (see page 19) Mon 1 Everybody Wants Some!! (AD) 2.30/6.00 6 1 ECA Animation Degree Show (D) 8.30 Jun 2 Andrei Rublev (T) 2.00 2 Versus: The Life... of Ken Loach 8.45 3 Hamish 6.15 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 19) Tue 1 Everybody Wants Some!! (AD) 2.30 7 1 Everybody Wants Some!! (AD)(C) 6.00 (captioned) Jun 1 Ivan’s Childhood (T) 8.30 2 Versus: The Life... of Ken Loach 1.30/8.25 2 Hamish 3.45 2 BAFTA Shorts 2016 6.15 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 19)
KEY (AD) – Audio Description (see page 2) (C) – Captioned for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing (see page 2) All screenings in 2D unless marked (3D) Information about For Crying Out Loud screenings for babies and carers can now be found on page 2. SEASONS: (AFF) - Ed Asian Film Festival (page 36-37) (BE) - Biomedical Ethics Film Festival (page 14) (DA) - Discover Arts (page 23) (D) - Degree Shows (pages 30-31) (FF) - Folk Film Gathering (pages 22-23) (FJ) – Filmhouse Junior (pages 20-21) (GP) – Growing Pains (page 7) (ID) - IberoDocs (pages 24-26) (LS) - Light and Shadow Architecture (pages 28-30) (OR) – Over the Rainbow (page 8) (P) - Photography on Film (page 31-33) (PWYW) - Pay What You Want screening (page 11) (SDB) – Sunday Double Bills (page 15) (SU) - Signed Up (page 12) (T) - Tarkovsky (page 34-36)
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6 May - 30 June 2016
FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME
DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE
SCREENING TIMES
DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE
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Sat 1 Love & Friendship (AD) 11 2 Johnny Guitar Jun 2 Arabian Nights Volume 3... 2 The Measure of a Man 3 Eisenstein in Guanajuato *Plus films and times TBC (see below)
1.00/3.15/6.00/8.30 1.10/6.20 3.40 8.45 3.45/8.40
Wed 1 Love & Friendship (AD) 15 1 The Giver (BE) Jun 2 Stalker (T) 2 The Sacrifice (T) 2 The Measure of a Man 3 The Measure of a Man 3 Love & Friendship (AD) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)
3.45/6.00 8.30 +Discussion 2.30 5.55 +Intro 9.00 3.50 8.40
Sun 1 Zootropolis (FJ) 11.00am 12 1 Dazed and Confused Jun + Everybody Wants Some!! (SDB) 1.30 (£12/£10) 1 Love & Friendship (AD) 6.00/8.30 2 Love & Friendship (AD) 1.10 2 Johnny Guitar 3.30/8.25 2 The Measure of a Man 6.10 3 Eisenstein in Guanajuato 3.45/6.05 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) Mon 1 The Sacrifice (T) 13 1 Love & Friendship (AD) Jun 1 Johnny Guitar 2 Johnny Guitar 2 The Measure of a Man 2 Love & Friendship (AD) (C) 3 Love & Friendship (AD) 3 Stalker (T) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)
2.45 6.00 8.15 1.10 3.40/6.10 8.30 (captioned) 3.25 5.30
Tue 1 Love & Friendship (AD) 14 2 Mirror (T) Jun 2 The Measure of a Man 2 Pelo Malo (GP) 3 Nostalgia (T) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)
3.45/6.00/8.30 2.00 4.20/8.45 6.30 +Intro 8.35
* The majority of our screenings are scheduled well in advance, and times published in this monthly brochure and on our website. Most weeks we leave some spaces in the schedule in order to allow us to keep on films that are proving popular for a little longer; these late-scheduled screenings will be added to our website from midday at the latest on the Tuesday preceding the start of the new cinema week on Friday, and listed in our weekly screenings email – sign up at www.filmhousecinema.com/news
2.30/5.45/8.30 1.15/8.15 3.30/6.10 1.30/8.35 3.45/6.00
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Suburra Learning to Drive Miles Ahead Learning to Drive The Day Shall Dawn Heart of a Dog Love & Friendship (AD)
2.30/8.30 6.00 1.15/8.45 3.30 6.10 +Q&A 1.30/8.35 3.45/6.00
Wed 1 29 1 Jun 2 2 3 3
Suburra Love & Friendship (AD) Learning to Drive Miles Ahead Love & Friendship (AD) Heart of a Dog
2.30/8.30 6.00 1.15/8.25 3.30/6.10 1.30/8.20 3.45/6.15
1 1 2 2 3 3
Suburra Love & Friendship (AD) Learning to Drive Miles Ahead Love & Friendship (AD) Heart of a Dog
2.30/8.30 6.00 1.15/6.10 3.30/8.15 1.30/8.20 3.45/6.15
Tue 28 Jun
Thu 30 Jun
MATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm) Mon - Thu: £8.00 full price, £6.00 concessions Friday Matinees: £6.00/£4.50 concessions Sat - Sun: £10.00 full price, £8.00 concessions EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later) £10.00 full price, £8.00 concessions For screenings in 3D add £2 to ticket price.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Mon 1 Suburra 27 2 Miles Ahead Jun 2 Learning to Drive 3 Heart of a Dog 3 Love & Friendship (AD) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)
TICKET PRICES AND INFORMATION
All tickets to Filmhouse Junior screenings (marked FJ on grid) are £4.50. Tickets for children under 12 are £4.50 for any screening. Filmhouse Members get £1.50 off every ticket (excludes Friday matinees and Filmhouse Junior) Concessions available for: children (under 15); students (with valid matriculation card); school pupils (15-18 years); Young Scot cardholders; senior citizens; people with disability or invalidity status (carers go free); claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit); NHS employees (with proof of employment).
There are usually ticket deals available on film seasons. All performances are bookable in advance, in person, online at www.filmhousecinema.com or by phone on 0131 228 2688. We do not charge a booking fee. Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refunded except in the event of a cancellation of a performance. Screenings are subject to change, but only in extraordinary circumstances. All seats are unreserved. If you require seats together please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemas will be open 15 minutes before the start of each screening. The management reserves the right of admission and will not admit latecomers. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Double bills are shown in the same order as indicated on these pages. Intervals in double bills last 15 minutes. BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm daily) PROGRAMME INFO: 0131 228 2689 BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com
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Filmhouse Junior
BIG HERO 6
THE IRON GIANT
Filmhouse junior Films for a younger audience, weekly on Sundays at 11am. Tickets cost £4.50 (£5.50 for 3D screenings) per person, big or small!
For these shows we choose to screen dubbed versions where these are available, but some films will be in their original language with subtitles – these are marked on individual film descriptions. Please note: although we normally disapprove of people talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for kids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!
KUNG FU PANDA 3
Big Hero 6
Kung Fu Panda 3
Sun 8 May at 11.00am
Sun 22 May at 11.00am
Don Hall & Chris Williams • USA 2014 • 1h48m • Digital • PG Contains mild threat, scary scenes • With the voices of Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, TJ Miller.
Alessandro Carloni & Jennifer Yuh • China/USA 2016 • 1h35m • Digital • English and Mandarin with English subtitles • PG Cast: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie,.
An entertaining animated adventure based on a Marvel Comics series. In the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, 14-year-old genius Hiro looks up to his older brother Tadashi. Tadashi is a student at the Institute of Technology, where he has developed an inflatable robot named Baymax, with whom Hiro forms a special bond.
When Po’s (Jack Black) long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai (Bryan Cranston) begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible-learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas.
The Iron Giant
A Monster in Paris
Sun 15 May at 11.00am Brad Bird • USA 1999 • 1h30m • Digital • PG - Contains mild fantasy action violence, infrequent mild bad language With the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr, Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, M Emmet Walsh.
A young boy is obsessed with all things extra-terrestrial. He’s the only one in his small town to take seriously a fisherman’s reports of the landing of a metal giant in the forest, and the only one to go looking for it. The two meet and become unlikely friends, but all the while government agents are closing in... Join our new families email list to receive regular information about family screenings and events, as well as details of competitions, offers and loads of other exciting stuff for the whole family! Email families@filmhousecinema.com to sign up.
A MONSTER IN PARIS
Sun 29 May at 11.00am Bibo Bergeron • France 2011 • 1h30m • Digital • U - Contains mild violence With the voices of Adam Goldberg, Jay Harrington, Bob Balaban,.
Emile, a shy film projectionist, and Raoul, a colourful inventor, find themselves searching for a monster who has been terrorising the citizens of Paris. They team up with a scientist, his monkey and the star of the cabaret to try and save the monster, which turns out to be an over-sized flea, from the city’s ambitious police chief.
Filmhouse Junior/The Day ShallJunior Dawn Filmhouse
THE GOOD HUGODINOSAUR
FINDING NEMO
Hugo Sun 5 Jun at 11.00am Martin Scorsese • USA 2011 • 2h6m • Digital • U - Contains mild scenes of danger Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone.
Martin Scorsese’s delightful family film tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and a cold, reserved man who runs a toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
Zootropolis Sun 12 Jun at 11.00am Bryon Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush • USA 2016 • 1h48m Digital • PG With the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons.
In the animal city of Zootopia - populated by all kinds of amazing animals - a fast-talking fox who’s trying to make it big goes on the run when he’s framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Zootopia’s top cop, a self-righteous rabbit, is hot on his tail, but when both become targets of a conspiracy, they’re forced to team up and discover even natural enemies can become best friends
Get more information on upcoming Education and Learning events at Filmhouse - including screenings for schools - on page 38
ZOOTROPOLIS
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
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THE DAY SHALL DAWN SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS...
SPECIALEVENT
The Day Shall Dawn Jago hua savera Tue 28 Jun at 6.10pm A.J. Kardar • Bangladesh 1959 • 1h30m • Digital • Urdu with English subtitles • U Cast: Tripti Mitra, Zurain Rakshi, Khan Ataur Rahman, Kazi Khaliq.
This classic Pakistani movie narrates the lives and hopes of poor fishermen living along the vast rivers of Eastern Bengal. Part of a wave of realist movies from South Asia in the 1950s, the black and white photography presents the world of the Bengali fishermen as if it were a documentary. With a screenplay written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, based on a novel by Manik Bandhopadhyay, the film won a gold medal at the Moscow International Film Festival. This screening forms part of the ‘Forms of the Left’ workshop organized jointly by the University of Edinburgh and Leiden University. The screening will be introduced by Professor Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell University) and Dr. Lotte Hoek (University of Edinburgh) and will be followed by a Q&A.
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Folk Film Gathering
THE LION HUNTERS
PADRE PADRONE
Folk Film Gathering In partnership with Transgressive North and TradFest, we are proud to present the second edition of the world’s first festival of Folk Cinema. This year the Gathering’s programme focuses on a central theme of animals: sheep, goats, horses, cows, lions, whales and herring, and the stories that bind them to communities. From Bradford to Sardinia, 2016’s Folk Film Gathering continues to explore the myriad ways world cinema has engaged with folk culture – as living tradition, as people’s history, and as working class culture and experience. This year almost all our screenings will be will be introduced by one of TradFest’s traditional Scottish storytellers, exploring the links between cinema and Scottish oral tradition. Afterwards, join us for post-film discussions in the cinema and Filmhouse Cafe Bar. www.folkfilmgathering.com www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest
TICKETDEALS Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 15% off Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 25% off These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets. Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
SONG OF THE SEA
The Lion Hunters
La chasse au lion à l’arc
VENUS PETER
Padre Padrone
Thu 5 May at 6.10pm
Fri 6 May at 5.45pm
Jean Rouch • France 1965 • 1h28m • Digital • French with English subtitles • PG • Documentary
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani • Italy 1977 • 1h54m • Digital Italian, Sardinian, German and Latin with English subtitles • 18 Cast: Saverio Marconi, Omero Antonutti, Marcella Michelangeli, Nanni Moretti.
A rare opportunity to see one of the most remarkable documentaries in film history, currently unavailable to watch for UK audiences. Using collaborative working methods and in conversation with Songhoy communities, celebrated documentary maker Jean Rouch documents the journey of traditional gow lion hunters in Niger to confront ‘the American’: a ferocious lion that has been killing their livestock. Opening with the words of a traditional griot, Rouch fuses aspects of oral culture with magical realist documentary, evoking a dizzying sense of participatory experience. Introduced by a traditional Scottish storyteller.
Described by Pauline Kael as one of the world’s few truly animist films, Padre Padrone is a classic of Italian cinema and features some of the most vivid imagery ever committed to screen. A magical realist account of the life of a young Sardinian shepherd, the film tells the story of Gavino, an intense young man in the shadow of his overbearing father who is taken out of school to look after his family’s flock of goats in the Sardinian mountains. Introduced by a traditional Scottish storyteller.
Song of the Sea Sat 7 May at 12.45pm Tomm Moore • Ireland/Denmark/Belgium/Luxembourg/France 2014 • 1h34m • Digital • PG - Contains mild threat With the voices of Lucy O’Connell, Brendan Gleeson, David Rawle, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan.
A gorgeous, animated treatment of Irish selkie myths for all the family. 10-year-old Ben can’t help but resent his wee sister Saoirse when their mother disappears mysteriously after she is born. But when Ben discovers Saoirse is actually a selkie, and that her life is in danger from Macha the Owl Witch, he finds himself in a race against time: can he set aside his broken heart to bring their family together once again? Weaving together Irish folk myth with the poignant realities of everyday life, Song of the Sea is a rhapsodic, magical-realist celebration of folk tale, imagery, and the importance of passing on tradition. Introduced by a traditional Scottish storyteller.
Folk Film Gathering/Teatro Alla Scala...
TEMPUS DE BARISTAS
HARVEST 3000 YEARS
Harvest 3000 Years
Sun 8 May at 8.30pm
Wed 11 May at 5.40pm
Ian Sellar • UK 1989 • 1h34m • 35mm • 12A Cast: George Antopn, Louise Breslin, Juliet Cadzow.
Haile Gerima • Ethiopia 1975 • 2h30m • 35mm • Amharic with English subtitles • PG Cast: Kasu Asfaw, Worke Kasa, Melaku Makonen, Adane Melaku.
A rare opportunity to see Ian Sellar and Christopher Young’s lost classic of Scottish cinema on the big screen. Growing up in ‘40s Stromness amongst a family of fishermen, Peter’s life is deeply influenced by dreams, his grandparents’ folk tales and his own powerful imagination. Who is the mysterious woman Peter sees down by the shore, and will he ever know the truth about how his father disappeared? Introduced by a traditional Scottish storyteller and followed by a Q&A with celebrated Scottish film producer of Bannan and Seachd, Christopher Young.
Tempus de Baristas Tue 10 May at 5.50pm David MacDougall • Italy/Australia/UK 1993 • 1h40m • Digital • Sardinian with English subtitles •
One of two films at this year’s Gathering exploring the lives of Sardinian shepherds, David MacDougall’s poetic ethnography portrays the different experiences of Franchiscu (62), his son Pietro (17) and their friend Miminu (43) who - although being born 20 years apart - are united by ties of family, friendship and common experience. Will Pietro, still a schoolboy, continue the way of life that has been in his family for generations? And will Miminu and Franchiscu manage to hold onto their heritage as times change in Sardinia? Introduced by a traditional Scottish storyteller.
TEATRO ALLA SCALA: THE TEMPLE OF WONDERS
SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME
Venus Peter
Mirt Sost Shi Amit
A striking work of Ethiopian cinema fusing traditional oral culture with cinematic poetry and a classic of the socialist, anti-imperialist Third Cinema movement. Reminiscent of John McGrath’s celebrated The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil, and highly pertinent to Scotland’s long history of land reform, Gerima’s film tells the story of a family of peasants rising up against their oppressive landlord, situated against the day-to-day rhythms of work and communal storytelling. This screening is supported by Africa in Motion Film Festival
Songs My Brothers Taught Me SCOTTISH PREMIERE Thu 12 May at 6.00pm Chloé Zhao • USA 2015 • 1h28m • Digital • 15 Cast: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John.
A gentle, profound portrait of a community under pressure, Chloé Zhao’s debut feature is a considered collaboration with native American residents living on the South Dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Highschooler Johnny and his 11 year old sister Jashaun face difficult questions after the death of their errant father. Looking to the future, what sort of life can Johnny and Jashuan expect on the Res? Is it better to cut and run, or stand and fight? Shot entirely on location, and featuring a remarkable cast of non-actors, Zhao’s debut is a moving testament to community dignity and the ties that bind. Introduced by a traditional Scottish storyteller.
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DISCOVERARTS
Teatro Alla Scala: The Temple of Wonders Sun 29 May at 4.00pm Italy 2016 • 1h30m • Digital • English and Italian with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary
Teatro Alla Scala: The Temple Of Wonders is the story of one of the world’s most exclusive music and performing arts venues. Thanks to historical music and theatre greats such as Giuseppe Verdi and Arturo Toscanini, and contemporary arts directors including Franco Zeffirelli and Patrice Chéreau, Teatro Alla Scala has upheld its position as a world-class theatre throughout the years. The film leads us through the main historical, musical, social and political events in La Scala’s 238-year history. The story is beautifully brought to life on the big screen through statements and commentary from musicians, experts and aficionados, and features photographs, musical scores, paintings and videos from centuries of archive material. Coming up in Discover Arts: Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan on 3 July St Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome on 17 July See filmhousecinema.com for more information.
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IberoDocs
GABO: THE CREATION OF GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
RIO CORGO
ALL OF ME
IberoDocs Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival - is back to celebrate its 3rd edition. In 2014 we were a newborn festival exploring the idea of migration and trying to figure out how to fit in. In our second edition we compared ourselves with a toddler, exploring film through the lens of identity, and by the end we were running with joy and confidence. Well, this year we're rebelling. We're crossing the line - pushing boundaries and exploring borders, as filmmakers from all the Ibero-American space do. These filmmakers are risk-takers in format and in content, and this year we celebrate them in our “Focus on First Works” strand, which is dedicated to those emerging and up-and-coming filmmakers that have had the courage to do the unexpected and were able to make true stand-out films as a result. Also new for this year is our first Short Docs programme, including filmmakers from across Ibero-America in what will be the festival’s most experimental section. In addition we will have our dedicated Lusophone strand, featuring documentaries from Portugal and Brazil and, of course, IberoDocs Film Festival will once again have special events, opening and closing receptions, and parties. We hope to see you at Filmhouse in May! The IberoDocs Team x iberodocs.org
IberoDocs
DON’T INCLUDE ME AMONG YOU
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez Gabo, La magia de lo real Scottish Premiere Wed 4 May at 8.35pm Justin Webster • Spain/UK/Colombia/France/USA 2015 • 1h30m Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • U Documentary
How did a boy from a backward town on the Caribbean coast become a writer who won the hearts of millions, from the poorest to the most powerful? How did he change our perception of reality with his work? The answer lies in the incredible story of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Literature and author of the globally-celebrated and critically-acclaimed masterpiece ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’. Before the screening we invite all ticketholders to celebrate the opening of IberoDocs 2016 with a reception at the Traverse Theatre Bar from 6pm (more details at iberodocs.org). The screening will be followed by a Q&A with producer Kate Horne. TICKETDEALS Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 15% off Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 25% off Buy any nine (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 35% off These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets. Tickets must all be bought at the same time.
NO COW ON THE ICE
Rio Corgo
UK Premiere Thu 5 May at 8.35pm
Maya Kosa, Sergio Da Costa • Switzerland/Portugal 2015 • 1h35m Digital • Portuguese with English subtitles • U • Documentary
Silva has walked many paths over the course of his life, paths that criss-crossed Portugal. Now his steps echo in the narrow streets of a remote village where he has moved into an empty house. Here he meets Ana, a young girl with whom he builds a friendship. Ana becomes fascinated by this man’s romantic life story and gradually slides into his universe, populated by imaginary beings whose main figure is his beloved Carolina. When a strange crisis suddenly hits Silva, and he ends up in hospital, a dozen imaginary women emerge from his fantasy world. Can they save him?
All of Me
Llévate mis amores Fri 6 May at 8.45pm
Arturo González Villaseñor • Mexico 2014 • 1h24m • Digital Spanish with English subtitles • PG • Documentary
An intimate insight into the Patronas, a group of Mexican women who, every day since 1995, make food and toss it - still warm - to the migrants who travel atop the freight train ‘The Beast’ as it makes it way to the U.S. This documentary is a personal diary that draws a border between the life they were given, and the life they chose. A brave and remarkable example of love and solidarity that contrasts with the violence of one of the cruelest stretches in the world for undocumented travellers. The screening will be followed by a Skype Q&A with director Arturo González Villaseñor.
ON FOOTBALL
Don’t Include Me Among You No me contéis entre vosotros Sat 7 May at 3.35pm
UK Premiere
Isidro Sánchez • Spain 2015 • 1h20m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • U • Documentary
Manolo doesn‚‘t know his age. He wanders around the nursing home where he has just arrived, ignoring his surroundings. His imagination is enough for him to go across to the olive groves that saw him work or raise his wheelbarrow to collect firewood. There is no difference between presence and escape, life and death, in this elusive portrait of life’s end (and also a forgotten heritage of Andalusian anarchism). The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Isidro Sánchez.
No Cow On the Ice
Ingen ko på isen
UK Premiere Sat 7 May at 6.15pm Eloy Domínguez Serén • Sweden/Spain 2015 • 1h3m • Digital Swedish with English subtitles • U • Documentary
Language and landscape as a gateway into a new life. A young Galician filmmaker migrates to Sweden, where he performs different part-time jobs. His learning of a new language and fascination for the Swedish landscape become a driving force against the difficult life conditions. As he learns about the culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity. PLUS SHORT To Be and To Come Back (Ser e voltar) Xacio Baño • Spain 2015 • 13m • Digital • Galician with English subtitles • U
SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF
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IberoDocs (continued)
SHORT DOCS: LOOKING FROM AFAR
On Football O Futebol Sat 7 May at 8.15pm
THE CREATOR OF THE JUNGLE
PEPE MUJICA - LESSONS FROM THE FLOWERBED
Sun 8 May at 1.00pm
Pepe Mujica - Lessons from the Flowerbed El presidente Scottish Premiere
1h45m • 15
Sun 8 May at 6.05pm
Sergio and his father, Simão, haven’t seen each other for over 20 years. On the eve of the 2014 World Cup, Sergio returns to his hometown, São Paulo, hoping to watch the games with Simão, as they used to when he was a kid. It seems to be a perfect plan for a father-son reunion: a whole month together, their schedule based on the World Cup calendar. But as the days go by, their relationship starts to wander into unknown territory and their pact to watch the entire tournament together turns into a dangerous ritual...
Looking from Afar is a programme of six short films in which the perception of the self and its surroundings country, culture, landscape - seem to expand or sharpen when seen from a distance through space, time, matter or the intangible. From a young Brazilian man, in his new Lisbon home, facing the end of his Fortaleza adolescence, in The Party and the Barking, through the savagery of voice and memory set against a teenage face, in Le Boudin, to the lonely cart rolling along the obsolete Colombian railways, across the wild and the ruins, in Echo Chamber, we will take you far and wide.
Heidi Specogna • Uruguay/Germany 2014 • 1h30m • Digital Spanish and German with English subtitles • U Documentary
PLUS SHORT History of Abraim (História de Abraim)
The Creator of the Jungle
PLUS SHORT Nae Pasaran!
UK Premiere
Sergio Oksman • Spain/Brazil 2015 • 1h10m • Digital • Portuguese with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary
Otavio Cury • Brazil 2015 • 12m • Digital • Portuguese with English subtitles 12A
The screening will be followed by a Brazilian party at Boteco do Brasil afterwards (47 Lothian Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HB) More details at iberodocs.org
Short Docs: Looking from Afar
Sobre la marxa Sun 8 May at 3.25pm
Scottish Premiere
Jordi Morató • Spain 2014 • 1h17m • Digital • Catalán with English subtitles • 18 • Documentary
This is the story of a man who created a jungle next to the highway, building with his bare hands beautiful and unbelievable works of engineering in the forest. This is also the story of how he ended up burning them to ashes to reconstruct them, time after time, over decades. He is known as ‘Garrell’, also as “Tarzan from Argelaguer”, and he is not driven by any apparent purpose, except one: going “on the go”. PLUS SHORT Travelling Light Conxi Fornieles • UK 2015 • 18m • Digital • 18
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Conxi Fornieles, director of Travelling Light.
Pepe Mujica has become famous for being the ‘world’s poorest president’. The former guerrilla fighter and flower grower is currently considered one of the most charismatic politicians of Latin America. Old and young believe in him thanks to his humble lifestyle and his unconventional manners, where political protocol is concerned. His political visions, among them his sensational regulation of the marihuana market, have created international interest.
Felipe Bustos Sierra • UK 2013 • 13m • Digital • Spanish and English • U
The screening will be followed by the IberoDocs Closing Party.
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Light and Shadow: Architecture on Screen
BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE
Light and Shadow:
Architecture on Screen Architecture and design plays an important part in our everyday lives, both consciously and subconsciously shaping the towns and cities we live in physically and visually and the everyday objects we use. Films have often used architecture as an integral character, setting the atmosphere and forming an essential backdrop to plot. As Part of the 2016 Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design, the Edinburgh Architectural Association in conjunction with Filmhouse have brought together a series of feature films and accompanying Scottish shorts that explore the role of architecture and design within film and beyond.
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES
HELVETICA
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Manufactured Landscapes
Sat 14 May at 5.45pm
Sun 15 May at 6.05
Ridley Scott • USA 1982/2007 • 1h57m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong violence Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, M Emmet Walsh.
Jennifer Baichwal • Canada 2006 • 1h30m • Digital • English, Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles • 12A Documentary
The year is 2019, and LA is playing unwitting host to a group of escaped synthetic humans called replicants. Bred for slavery on off-world colonies and outlawed on earth, these illegal immigrants are hunted by Blade Runners, and Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) has the task of ‘retiring’ them. What follows is a visually stunning and thematically dense future noir that delves deep into what it means to be human. Introduced by Dr Jonny Murray, Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture, Edinburgh College of Art and Ben Rainger, Edinburgh Architectural Association.
Renowned artist Edward Burtynsky travels through China photographing the evidence and effects of its massive industrial revolution and the implicit impact on the environment. Jennifer Baichwal captures the artist at work amid some of the most surreal landscapes of the 21st century, such as the mountains of ‘ewaste’ in China where 50% of the world’s computers are recycled. PLUS SHORT Multi Story
Gregor Marks • UK 2005 • 10m • Digital
Introduced by Dr Craig Martin, Edinburgh College of Art.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Helvetica Sun 15 May at 3.40pm H. C. Potter • USA 1948 • 1h32m • 35mm • U Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny.
Mon 16 May at 8.30pm Gary Hustwit • UK 2007 • 1h20m • Digital • PG • Documentary
The third (and final) pairing of Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is an entertaining screwball comedy set during the post-war rush to suburbia. Keen to escape the confines of their apartment in busy New York, advertising executive Jim Blandings (Grant) and his wife Muriel (Loy) set to work on fixing up an old house in rural Connecticut, which turns out to be rather more dilapidated than first thought...
An fascinating and engaging journey through graphic design and visual culture, with the Helvetica typeface as its starting point of exploration. Created in 1957 as an attempt at a ‘perfect’ sans-serif font, it is a useful starting point in the examination of a range of issues - including the technological revolution, the origin and implication of typefaces and their application in contemporary modes of information. Presented and discussed by an impressive selection of experts and a dash of filmmaking flair.
PLUS SHORT The Banana Republic
PLUS SHORT Get Luder
Scott Calonico • UK 2015 • 10m • Digital
Jonathan Carr • UK 2010 • 10m • Digital • Documentary
Introduced by Dr Glyn Davis, Edinburgh College of Art.
Introduced by Dr Glyn Davis, Edinburgh College of Art.
Light and Shadow: Architecture on Screen
THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT
METROPOLIS
EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER
UNFINISHED SPACES
The Belly of an Architect
Metropolis
Unfinished Spaces
Tue 17 May at 8.40pm
Wed 18 May at 8.15pm
Fri 20 May at 6.00pm
Peter Greenaway • UK/Italy 1987 • 1h54m • Digital • English and Italian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni.
Fritz Lang • Germany 1927/2010 • 2h25m • Digital • Silent with live accompaniment PG - Contains mild horror and violence Cast: Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm.
Alysa Nahmias, Benjamin Murray • USA 2011 • 1h26m • Digital English and Spanish with English subtitles • 12A Documentary
The visual style of Peter Greenaway is utterly at home in the Italian capital in this vivid 1987 film, in which the frame is often completely consumed by the looming architecture of Rome. American architect Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy) is commissioned to put together an exhibition based on the architecture of Etienne-Louis Boullée - a project that receives a rather mixed response from his Italian colleagues. His obsession growing, Kracklite devotes himself completely to the exhibition, as his health and marriage to Louisa (Chloe Webb) begin to erode...
In the titular futuristic city of Fritz Lang’s reconstructed and restored silent classic, a ruling class live in opulence, while a literal underclass toil in a vast subterranean workshop. Lured from his Edenic existence by the saintly Maria (Brigitte Helm), Freder Fredersen (Gustav Fröhlich) witnesses this misery and vows to persuade his despotic father, Joh (Alfred Abel), to change the system. But Joh has no qualms about the status quo, and works with a loony scientist to create a robotic ‘Evil Maria’, who they hope will turn the workers from revolutionary thoughts.
Introduced by Dr David Sorfa, Film Studies, University of Edinburgh.
Eames: The Architect And The Painter
With live piano accompaniment by Will Pickvance. Thu 19 May at 6.15pm Jason Cohn & Bill Jersey • USA 2011 • 1h25m • Digital 12A - Contains one use of strong language Documentary narrated by James Franco
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The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fibreglass furniture, they also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military to photography, interiors, multimedia, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on American life - from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age - has been less widely understood. PLUS SHORT Pollphail Matthew Lloyd • UK 2009 • 10m • Digital
In the 1960s, Fidel Castro commissioned three young architects to design and build Cuba’s National Art Schools, with the great excitement of the country’s artists mixing in with the revolutionary fervour of the time. When the realities of their new nation become apparent, however, production is halted and the buildings are left tragically unfinished. Forty years later, with the Schools still functioning in this state and decay setting in, the architects are invited back to finish what they started. This documentary tells the stories of devoted designers and the struggle to create and build in times of great upheaval. Introduced by Xosé Ramón Rivas (EIFF and IberoDocs) and followed by a Skype Q&A with director Alysa Nahmias.
SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF
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Light and Shadow.. (continued)/Degree Shows
EXHIBITION
THE FOUNTAINHEAD
Exhibition
The Fountainhead
Sat 21 May at 6.10pm
Sun 22 May at 8.15pm
Joanna Hogg • UK 2013 • 1h45m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong sex and strong language Cast: Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston, Harry Kershaw.
King Vidor • USA 1949 • 1h53m • 35mm • PG Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey.
A married middle-aged couple (Viv Albertine and Liam Gillick), both artists, live in a beautiful modernist house in Chelsea - a labyrinth, a refuge, a prison, a battleground. As they confront their conflicts and competitions, they slowly arrive at the painful decision to sell, thus inviting interlopers into their private world. PLUS SHORT Architecture and the Imagination Iain Mitchell • UK 2015 • 10m • Digital • U
Introduced by Dr Jonny Murray, Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture, Edinburgh College of Art.
Edinburgh’s Architectural History + Promenade Sun 22 May at 3.35pm
Based on the novel by Ayn Rand, with a screenplay by the same, The Fountainhead is a glossy and pleasingly campy adaptation from legendary director King Vidor. Gary Cooper stars as Howard Roark, an idealistic and fiercely independent architect who refuses to compromise his vision. Having found complete freedom of expression hard to come by, he takes a menial job at a quarry. Encountering glamourous socialite and columnist Dominique Francon (Patricia Neal) - a fan of his work - the pair become entangled in a complicated relationship, with Roark still searching for his elusive creative freedom and Francon desperate to save him from his own stoic self-belief. Introduced by Ben Rainger, Edinburgh Architectural Association
ECA FILM & TV DEGREE SHOW
Degree Shows The best new work from film, TV, media and animation students at Edinburgh’s colleges and universities.
ECA Film & TV Degree Show Thu 2 Jun at 6.30pm 1h40m • 15
Join the ECA Film & TV Department for an exciting selection of our top graduate films. It comprises creative documentary and innovative fiction filmmaking from the next generation of filmmaking talent from Scotland and around the world. A cocktail of love, death, philosophy, shaken, not stirred... but all explored with fresh eyes and inquisitive minds. This year we were thrilled to have several nominations and two BAFTA awards from last year graduate films, so reserve your ticket and be the first to see the next crop of work from our talented alumni.
1h41m • U
A selection of short films from the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive on architecture in Edinburgh and beyond. These are accompanied by the short film Promenade, directed by Alice Nelson. Promenade Alice Nelson • UK 2012 • 6m • Digital Beneath The Skyline Mark Littlewood • 1966 • 11m • Digital George IV’s Edinburgh Henry Cooper • 1960 • 15m • Digital New Day Templar Film Studios • 1959 • 23m • Digital Prospect for a City Henry Cooper • 1967 • 26m • Digital The Royal Mile Educational Films of Scotland • 1967 • 20m • Digital
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Degree Shows/Photography on Film
ECA ANIMATION DEGREE SHOW
ECA Animation Degree Show Mon 6 Jun at 8.30pm 1h10m • PG
A gnome treks through the dark while a diver plumbs the depths and a fisherman catches the light. A horse keeps its head above water. A boy has his head in the clouds. It’s hats-off to a banjo-player and it’s a step into the unknown for a couple playing a strange game. A photographer brings the world into focus. A girl clicks with too many men. The cracks start to show in a dysfunctional family. Something lurks in the woods and there’s no fairy-tale ending for a feisty heroine. Add to this a husband’s lingering ghost, a baby raised in a tower-block, a small town tragedy and a fugitive figure of grass and stone, and you have this year’s degree show (and a few surprises) from the award winning animation department at Edinburgh College of Art. An evening of shifting forms and techniques and a range of work to engage the eye and the brain - with the odd laugh and groan and the chance to spot the movers and shakers of the future...
Spliced: Edinburgh College Showcase Thu 9 Jun at 6.00pm 1h40m • 15
Come and see the final selection of the best films from Edinburgh College Broadcast Media students judged by our panel of experts in the industry. This Filmhouse show will include films made by students from both Sighthill and Milton Road Campuses. All competing for awards in Factual, Non-Factual, Comedy, Animation the hotly contested Audience Award.
MCCULLIN
Photography on Film Stills is pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with Filmhouse on this season of films. Above all, the programme demonstrates the exciting power and reach of photography. It offers insight into the fascinating people and stories from the medium’s recent history and how filmmakers have depicted them. It illustrates how the camera can empower those who use it and how the photographic image remains compelling, provocative and sometimes controversial. From 24 April – 25 May, to coincide with Stills’ forthcoming 40th year as Edinburgh’s only gallery dedicated to photography, we will present a display within the Filmhouse café that draws upon our archive of past exhibitions. On the evening of the 7th June Stills will host: ‘Beauty/Obscenity?’ A debate on the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe with contributions from Edinburgh-based photographer David Grinly and myself, timed to follow the screenings of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures at Filmhouse (see page 11). Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography, Edinburgh
MCCULLIN
McCullin Mon 23 May at 6.10pm David Morris & Jacqui Morris • UK 2012 • 1h35m • Digital 15 - Contains strong images of real injury and death Documentary
To many, Don McCullin is the greatest living war photographer, often cited as an inspiration for today’s photojournalists. From 1969 to 1984 he was the star photographer at the Sunday Times, where he covered stories from the civil war in Cyprus to the war in Vietnam, from the man-made famine in Biafra to the plight of the homeless in the London of the swinging sixties. For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his three-decade career covering wars and humanitarian disasters on virtually every continent, and the photographs that often defined historic moments. Introduced by Anne Lyden, International Photography Curator, National Galleries of Scotland.
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Photography on Film (continued)
EVERLASTING MOMENTS
BORN INTO BROTHELS
BLOW-UP
Everlasting Moments
Born into Brothels
Finding Vivian Maier
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick Tue 24 May at 5.50pm
Thu 26 May at 8.30pm
Mon 30 May at 6.10pm
Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman • USA 2004 • 1h25m • Digital English and Bengali with English subtitles • 15 - Contains very strong language Documentary
John Maloof & Charlie Siskel • USA 2013 • 1h24m • Digital 12A - Contains infrequent child abuse references Documentary
Jan Troell • Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden/Germany 2008 2h11m • 35mm • Swedish and Finnish with English subtitles 15 - Contains one use of very strong language Cast: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen, Ghita Nørby.
Married at a young age to the boorish Sigfrid in the southern Swedish city of Malmo in the early 1900s, Maria faces a bleak future. Happening upon a camera she won in a lottery but never used, Maria tries to pawn it, but instead is shown how to use it by solicitous storeowner Sebastian Pedersen. Slowly, and with no consciousness of ‘art’, Maria discovers her natural bent for taking insightful, haunting pictures, helped along by lessons in the darkroom from Sebastian, who, due to reticence and perhaps their notable age difference, refrains from acting on his growing feelings for his protegee. A beautifully evocative period drama from Swedish veteran Jan Troell.
The most stigmatised people in Calcutta’s red light district are not the prostitutes but their children. In the face of abject poverty, abuse and despair, children have little hope of escaping their mothers’ fate to create another kind of life. Drawn into their world, filmmaker Zana Briski finds herself teaching the children how to take photographs. Her lessons unleash vital insights into their souls. But where will they go from here? Winner of Best Feature Documentary at the 77th Academy Awards®
Blow-Up Sat 28 May at 6.15pm Michelangelo Antonioni • UK/Italy/USA 1966 • 1h51m • 35mm 15 - Contains moderate nudity and drug use Cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin, Peter Bowles.
Thomas (David Hemmings), a nihilistic London fashion photographer based in part on David Bailey (who is said to have been approached to play the role himself ), lives a life of excess in newly-Swinging London. Becoming bored with his lucrative career, he one day takes candid photos of a rendezvous between a woman (Vanessa Redgrave) and a middle-aged man. She pursues him to ask for the illicit photos, and he imagines that he has witnessed a scene of sexual intrigue - never thinking that he may have accidentally obtained visual evidence of a murder... Introduced by Anne Lyden, International Photography Curator, National Galleries of Scotland.
An absorbing documentary that deftly interweaves two fascinating narratives. One is that of the discovery of the photographic work of Vivian Maier and the process by which she achieved her recent, posthumous glory as one of the greatest American street photographers. The other narrative is that of Maier’s life itself, which, because of her secretiveness, the scarcity of official records, and the absence of relatives or close friends to testify, becomes a mystery story, with filmmaker John Maloof as detective. Maloof became Maier’s archivist after his purchase of a box of photographic negatives at a public auction led him to discover her work. His obsession with finding out the details of her life drives the filmmaker to seek out her neighbours and the people for whom she worked as a nanny, and to travel from Chicago, where she lived, to a village in France that she photographed on at least two separate visits. Finding Vivian Maier probes the life of a deeply private person and tries to fill the gaps in the world’s knowledge of her with the indications she left, in her photographs, of how she experienced the world. Introduced by Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography, Edinburgh.
Photography on Film
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Mon 30 May to Thu 2 Jun Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey • USA/Germany 2016 • 1h48m Digital • 18 - Contains strong sexualised images, sex references, nudity • Documentary featuring Debbie Harry, Fran Lebowitz, Brooke Shields.
A layered examination of the often-controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from the directorial duo behind Inside Deep Throat and Party Monster. See page 11 for full film information. 31 May screening of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures at 8.40pm will be introduced by Stills Director Ben Harman. On Tue 7 June, Stills will host a debate on the subject of Mapplethorpe’s photography - see page 31 for details.
The Salt of the Earth Le sel de la terre Tue 31 May at 6.10pm Juliano Ribeiro Salgado & Wim Wenders • France/Brazil/Italy 2014 1h50m • Digital • French, Portuguese and English with English subtitles • 12A - Contains images of real dead bodies Documentary
For the last 40 years, photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history - international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes, as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet’s beauty.
MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES
THE SALT OF THE EARTH
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IVAN’S CHILDHOOD
MIRROR
SOLARIS
Tarkovsky
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivanovo detstvo Mon 23 May to Tue 7 Jun (select dates only)
Mirror
A full feature film retrospective of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Andrei Tarkovsky • USSR 1962 • 1h35m • Digital • Russian and German with English subtitles • PG Cast: Kolya Burlyaev, Irina Tarkovskaya, Valentine Zubkov, Yevgeny Zharikov.
Andrei Tarkovsky • USSR 1974 • 1h46m • Digital • Russian with English subtitles • U Cast: Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Filipp Yankovsky, Ignat Daniltsev, Nikolai Grinko.
Tarkovsky’s first feature is in many ways an orthodox Russian film of its period. Ivan (Kolya Burlyaev) is a teenage Soviet spy on the German front in World War II who undertakes dangerous missions behind enemy lines, until the inevitable mission from which there is no return. Many of Tarkovsky’s later images and themes are already present and correct: Ivan silently wading through still water, eerily immanent forestscapes, the poetry of forbidden zones, and life-and-death struggles played out in slow motion. 23 May screening will be introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone (Short Courses, University of Edinburgh)
Tarkovsky’s non-narrative, stream of consciousness autobiographical film-poem blends scenes of childhood memory with newsreel footage and contemporary scenes examining the narrator’s relationships with his mother, his ex-wife and his son. The intensity of the childhood scenes in particular is so hypnotic that questions of the film’s alleged impenetrability dissolve under the impact of moment after moment of the most visually stunning, rhythmically captivating filmmaking imaginable. 8 June screening will be introduced by Dr David Sorfa (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Edinburgh)
All seven of his films screening from new digital prints, with special screenings featuring introductions courtesy of the University of Edinburgh.
Zerkalo Wed 25 May to Tue 14 Jun (select dates only)
Solaris
Solyaris Wed 25 May to Sat 4 Jun (select dates only)
Andrei Tarkovsky • USSR 1972 • 2h46m • Digital • German and Russian with English subtitles • PG Cast: Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Yuri Jarvet.
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Filmed under the watchful eye of Russia’s communist regime,Tarkovsky’s adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 novel is a remarkable feat of cinema. When contact is lost with a space station orbiting an ocean-covered planet on the edge of the galaxy, the authorities send cosmonaut psychologist Kris Kelvin to investigate. When Kelvin arrives, he discovers the space station in near-ruins, one of the crew dead, and the others haunted by strange apparitions. Within a few hours of his arrival, Kelvin begins to experience the hallucinations himself, seeing what appears to be his dead wife. 25 May screening will be introduced by Dr Glyn Davis (Chancellor’s Fellow and Reader, University of Edinburgh)
Tarkovsky
NOSTALGIA
Nostalgia
STALKER
ANDREI RUBLEV
Nostalghia Thu 26 May to Tue 14 Jun (select dates only)
Stalker
Andrei Rublev
Sat 28 May to Wed 15 Jun (select dates only)
Sun 29 May to Thu 9 Jun (select dates only)
Andrei Tarkovsky • Italy/Soviet Union 1983 • 2h6m • Digital Italian and Russian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano, Patrizia Terreno, Laura De Marchi.
Andrei Tarkovsky • USSR 1979 • 2h41m • Digital • Russian with English subtitles • PG Cast: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsin, Nikolai Grinko, Alisa Freindlikh, Natasha Abramova.
Andrei Tarkovsky • USSR 1969 • 3h3m • Digital • Russian with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev, Irma Rausch.
Lushly beautiful and haunting, Nostalgia is also a challenging, thought-provoking meditation on man’s search for self. We follow a musicologist, Gortchakov (Oleg Yankovskiy), during a research trip to Italy where the composer he’s studying lived for several years. Gortchakov is apparently oblivious to his beautiful translator and the wonders of Italy, instead dwelling on memories of Russia. Things start to change when he encounters Domenico, a somewhat unstable man who has kept his family locked up for seven years while waiting the end of the world. Domenico has now decided that rather than wait he should do something about the end; and he’s decided Gortchakov should help. 26 May screening will be introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone (Short Courses, University of Edinburgh).
An epic and frequently puzzling inquiry into freedom and faith, which unfolds in an unspecified totalitarian society. A shaven-headed guide known as Stalker agrees to escort a writer and a scientist to a forbidden wasteland area known as the Zone, where, in a miraculous ‘Room’, all one’s wishes can be granted. But as the man of words asks, “How do I know I want what I want?” Tarkovsky majestically creates, through editing rather than special effects, the unstable universe of the Zone, and, amidst the grime and the destruction, summons up moments of pure magic. 28 May screening will be introduced by Dr Alexandra Smith (Reader in Russian, University of Edinburgh)
Tarkovsky’s masterpiece first screened at the Cannes film festival in 1969, then somewhat disappeared until it was shown here four years later at the 27th Festival. Hailed at the time as “one of the greatest films ever made”, it deals with the life of Andrei Rublev, a Russian icon-painter of the early 1400s. “I do not understand historical films which have no relevance for the present. For me the most important thing is to use historical material to express Man’s ideas and to create contemporary characters.” (Andrei Tarkovsky) 29 May screening will be introduced by Dr Alexandra Smith (Reader in Russian, University of Edinburgh)
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Tarkovsky/Edinburgh Asian Film Festival
THE SACRIFICE
The Sacrifice Offret Thu 2 to Wed 15 Jun (select dates only) Andrei Tarkovsky • Sweden/France 1986 • 2h29m • Digital Swedish, French with English subtitles and English • 15 Cast: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Valérie Mairesse, Allan Edwall.
In a house on the south Swedish coast, a retired actor and critic (Erland Josephson) holds court over an unfaithful wife (Susan Fleetwood), a moody daughter, an unpleasant doctor (the wife’s lover), and various other eccentrics. Midway through their peculiar meditations, the unthinkable happens - an announcement of doom from the TV, and the end of the world is nigh. The man then makes a pact with the Almighty that he will sacrifice himself, and all that he is, if only the world is restored to its former condition. 15 June screening will be introduced by Dr David Sorfa (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Edinburgh)
I AM NOJOOM, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED
Tongues on Fire Presents
AMONG THE BELIEVERS
I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced
The Edinburgh Asian Film Festival
Ana Nojoom bent alasherah wamotalagah Fri 3 Jun at 8.30pm
I am delighted to introduce the 1st Edinburgh Asian Film Festival (EAFF 2016). This pioneering event adds an Asian flavour to vibrant Edinburgh and the iconic Filmhouse. EAFF has grown out of the BFI-supported London Asian Film Festival (LAFF); Europe’s longest-running Asian cinema showcase produced by non-profit organisation Tongues on Fire. EAFF 2016 offers viewers a bounty of border-breaking and boundary-pushing cinema, featuring Yemen’s first female filmmaker and spotlighting the burgeoning Pakistani and Indian Indie film sectors. EAFF‘s exhilarating cocktail of compelling, uplifting and thoughtprovoking stories guarantees cross-cultural appeal. I encourage everyone to seize this opportunity to experience a diverse kaleidoscope of Asian films, previously inaccessible to Edinburgh audiences.
With its first-time female director, I Am Nojoom does for Yemeni cinema what Wadjda did for Saudi Arabia. Khadija Al-Salami’s award-winning film explores the clash between tribal customs and modern-day attitudes in contemporary Yemen. This is the true story of Nojoom, a young girl growing up in a small village. Everything changes when her father marries her off to settle family debts. Unprepared to live in an abusive relationship, 10-year old Nojoom runs away. The ensuing courtroom battle sends shockwaves into the community and beyond.
Dr. Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram Creative Director, EAFF 2016 Author of India’s New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid (Routledge, 2016)
Khadija Al-Salami • Yemen 2014 • 1h36m • Digital • Arabic with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Reham Mohammed, Adnan Alkhader, Sawadi Alkainai.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Oxfam speaker Grace Ommer (former Country Director, Yemen).
Edinburgh Asian Film Festival
MANTO
MOOR
Among the Believers
ALIGARH
Moor Mother Sat 4 Jun at 5.45pm
Aligarh
Sat 4 Jun at 3.00pm Mohammed Naqvi, Hemal Trivedi • Pakistan/USA 2015 • 1h24m Digital • English and Urdu with English subtitles • 15 Documentary
Jamshed Mahmood (Jami) • Pakistan 2015 • 1h59m • Digital Urdu, Pashto and English with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Hameed Sheikh, Samiya Mumtaz, Shaz Khan, Abdul Qadir.
Hansal Mehta • India 2015 • 1h54m • Digital • Hindi with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao.
This powerfully path-breaking documentary investigates Pakistan’s radical Red Mosque faith school network, where young children are trained to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war. The film features up-close-and-personal conversations with the school’s controversial custodian; the ISIS and Taliban-supporting cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz. With astounding access and chilling footage, the film’s Indian and Pakistani directors offer a timely and relevant insight into the causes that have led to the growth of radical Islam in Pakistan and around the world.
Set in the remote Pakistani province of Balochistan, the film’s stunning backdrops are reminiscent of the wide cinematic vistas in Lawrence of Arabia. “Wherever we placed the camera, the framing would be beautiful” says Jami, who both wrote and directed the film. Moor tackles the themes of honour, family ties and greed - taking as a starting point the rapidly declining railway system and the postcolonial corruption at its root. Tracing a family’s journey from tribal frontiers to cosmopolitan Karachi, Moor is a must-see masterpiece of modern independent Pakistani cinema.
Caught in a sting operation, Dr. Siras, an ageing professor, is suspended from Aligarh Muslim University for having sex with another man. A young rookie journalist, Deepu, decides to investigate the murky story and an unlikely friendship develops between the two. With Deepu’s support, Dr Siras fights a court case against invasion of privacy and the violation of his fundamental rights. Based on true incidents, Aligarh gently explores the inner world of a man who seeks freedom from an intolerant society.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Mazhar Khan (Muslim Council of Scotland) and Sajid Quayum (Caledonia TV).
The screening will be followed by a Skype Q&A with writer/director Jamshed Mahmood.
Sun 5 Jun at 8.25pm
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow) and Kumud Rana (University of Glasgow).
Manto Sun 5 Jun at 5.45pm Sarmad Sultan Khoosat • Pakistan 2015 • 2h7m • Digital Urdu with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Sania Saeed, Shamoon Abbasi, Nadia Afghan.
Director Sarmad Sultan Khoosat takes the title role in this biopic tracing the last four and half years of Manto’s life. Born in India, the controversial short-story writer moved to Pakistan following the Partition, and the film opens in a Lahore asylum where he is being treated for alcohol addiction. Manto’s pen continues to flourish, however, allowing him to leave a literary legacy that remains iconoclastic and radically relevant to this day. Introduced by Dr. Ashvin Devasundaram, Creative Director of EAFF 2016.
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Education and Learning
EIFF MEDIA DAYS
EIFF MEDIA DAYS
Education and Learning Filmhouse offers schools the opportunity to engage with a variety of film which support moving image literacy and subjects including modern languages and social studies. For more information email education@cmi-scotland.co.uk or call Nicola Kettlewood or Flip Kulakiewicz on 0131 228 6382. Details at www.filmhousecinema.com/learning Global Citizenship & Film CPD event Delivered in partnership with Scotdec and Take One Action Film Festival, a free practical CPD event for teachers using a Global Citizenship approach to explore how film can enrich learning in the classroom. Watch films, share ideas and network over a glass of wine! This is a three-part event, with sessions on Wednesdays 27 April, 11 May and 21 September, all from 4.30pm-6.30pm. Places are free but limited so book early!
EIFF Media Days 2016 – 21 & 22 June, £6 per pupil, teachers free Our popular Media Days offer a new Festival film and the opportunity to meet a range of filmmakers and other creative industry professionals. Details of the Media Days programme will be available from 23 May. Media Days take place at Filmhouse from 10am-3pm. Advance bookings welcome for this popular event. Autumn School Screenings Filmhouse provides an extensive programme of school screenings throughout the autumn in collaboration with partners including French Film Festival, Africa in Motion, Take One Action and Into Film. Screenings support the Curriculum for Excellence and are useful for Primary and Secondary pupils studying a variety of subjects including modern languages, English literature and Modern Studies. For more details of all events and to reserve places email education@cmi-scotland.co.uk or call Flip Kulakiewicz or Nicola Kettlewood on 0131 228 6382.
Filmhouse Cafe Bar Drop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal tea and enjoy one of our superb cakes. Our full menu runs from noon to 10pm seven days a week! All our dishes are prepared on the premises using fresh ingredients. We have an extensive vegetarian range with a variety of daily specials. A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar has real choice in ales, beers and bottles. A special event? Just ask, we can probably help. Or just come and relax in the ambience! Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 8am - 11.30pm Friday: 8am - 12.30am Saturday: 10am - 12.30am Sunday: 10am - 11.30pm 0131 229 5932 cafebar@filmhousecinema.com
Film Quiz Sunday 8 May Sunday 12 June Filmhouse’s phenomenally successful (and rather tricky) monthly quiz. Free to enter, teams of up to eight, to be seated in the cafe bar by 9pm.
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ACCESS
Filmhouse foyer and box office are accessed from Lothian Road via a ramped surface and two sets of automatic doors. Our cafe bar and accessible toilet are also at this level. The majority of seats in the cafe bar are not fixed and can be moved. There is wheelchair access to all three screens. Cinema one has space for two wheelchair users and these places are reached via the passenger lift. Cinemas two and three have one space each and to get to these you need to use our platform lifts. Staff are always on hand to help operate them – please ask at the box office when you purchase your tickets. A second accessible toilet is situated at the lower level close to cinemas two and three.
INFORMATION
Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH3 9BZ www.filmhousecinema.com Box Office: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm) Recorded Programme Info: 0131 228 2689 Administration: 0131 228 6382 Fax: 0131 229 6482 email: admin@filmhousecinema.com
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Advance booking for wheelchair spaces is Nicola Kettlewood recommended. If you need to bring along Knowledge & Learning a helper to assist you in any way, then Filmhouse is a trading name of Centre for they will receive a complimentary ticket. There are induction loops and infra-red in all three screens for those with hearing impairments. This programme and our website carry information on which films have subtitles. We regularly have screenings with audio description for customers with visual impairments and subtitles for those with hearing difficulties – see page 2 for details of these.
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